steadyaku47

Thursday, 3 November 2016

Dear Mr. Najib Razak,

I'm doing this on behalf of my family, friends and the rest of the
rakyat; all of whom have no other way of voicing out pleas that fall on
nothing but deaf ears and stone cold hearts.

Today, you decided
on an increase on the price of fuel and cooking oil. Today, you decided
on going ahead with your plans of increasing the cost of basic
necessities for living. Today, you decided to bring upon suffering to
people who are helpless and have nowhere to turn to.

Today, we woke up to news that our income will need to be stretched
further when it's already on the verge of snapping. Today, we woke up to
news that we may need to eat plain porridge and cheap fried anchovies
more often, because we simply cannot afford anything else anymore.
Today, we woke up to news that we will be falling sick more often and
even risk premature death due to heart attacks and strokes because we
will be forced to have less rest and work longer hours to make more
money to survive on a day-to-day basis.

It's easy for you to say
that this move is for the future benefit of the people. It's easy for
you to say that this move is for the future enhancement of living
status. It's easy for you to say that this move is for the future
progress of the nation.

However, Mr. Prime Minister. However.

You speak from the point of view of someone who doesn't need to starve
just so his child could have something to eat. You speak from the point
of view of someone who doesn't need to think if he has enough money to
go to work the next day, and the days after. You speak from the point of
view of someone who doesn't need to worry about paying his backdated
monthly bills with money he doesn't even have.

So don't lecture
us about how we're being silly or petty about slight changes in price of
daily needs. Don't lecture us about how the GST is improving our
economy. Don't lecture us about how you're trying hard to bring us to
the world stage.

You're privileged enough to be able to wear
Armani coats and buy your wife Gucci handbags, and never needing to
worry about what you are able to afford to have for dinner. Try being in
our shoes for once, and perhaps you might see where we're coming from.
Try being human, and understand the pain you're putting us through every
day.